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Imogen Foxell
@imogenfoxell.bsky.social
Artist, author, lexicographer, solo parent Oxford, UK (she/her) www.imogenfoxell.com
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Toddler diaries from last November: gargling, new washing machine, a rare night of good sleep, and the dark walk home from nursery #kidlit#kidlitArt#babyDiaries#toddlerDiaries#sketchbook#sketchbookDiaries#parentingComics#parenting#dailySketchbook#soloMum#soloMumByChoice#smbc

Sketches of life with toddler, including a disastrous night, me gargling for my sore mouth, and the toddler inadvisably playing with bungee cord and plungers
Sketch of my new washing machine and a basket full of laundry
Sketches: toddler miraculously sleeps from 7.30-4.30 (while I lie awake meal planning), I forget to bring my sign in card to work, have many meetings, and then show toddler some stars
Sketch of walking home from nursery in the dark: moon, stars, lampposts, graveyard, buses
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Toddler diaries from last October/November: pumpkins, toys-that-aren't-toys, playground tree, & the washing machine repairman tells a story... #kidlit#kidlitArt#babyDiaries#toddlerDiaries#sketchbook#sketchbookDiaries#parentingComics#parenting#dailySketchbook#soloMum#soloMumByChoice#smbc

Sketch of two pumpkins: a big one with lots of teeth, and a baby one
Sketches of life with toddler: tree with swings on it, made wings for S. to wear to fairy party then realised I'd got the wrong day, S. is grumpy and then falls down in the bath - I rescue him
Sketches of things that aren't toys that are toys, such as bungee cords, toothpaste, toilet roll, magnifying glass that comes with concise OED
Sketches of me having a lovely rest (and some fillings) at the dentist, and the washing machine repairman telling me a long and rambling story - starting with druggies stealing my washing machine button and ending up with his girlfiend's son's 11 game consoles
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Toddler diaries: vegetables, S. starts nursery, squeezy bottles, and big tree at my office (I had time for proper lunch breaks once S. started nursery!) #kidlit#kidlitArt#toddlerDiaries#sketchbook#sketchbookDiaries#parentingComics#parenting#dailySketchbook#soloMumByChoice#smbc

Sketch of a pile of fruit/vegetables - onions, apples, potatoes, cauliflower, leeks
Sketch of 6 squeezy bottles (sunceam, toothpaste, nipple cream etc) - "S. is obsessed with squeezy bottles at the moment"
Sketch of trunk of copper beech tree with fountain and buildings of Oxford University Press in the background (annotation: "Lunch break!!")
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Toddler diaries: nothing but teething misery (and occasional spreadsheets) #kidlit#kidlitArt#babyDiaries#toddlerDiaries#sketchbook#sketchbookDiaries#parentingComics#parenting#dailySketchbook#soloMum#soloMumByChoice#smbc#soloParent#soloParentByChoice#teething

Sketches of baby being too ill for his final day with childminder - however he perks up when he sees a helicopter and I manage to make some spreadsheets while he naps
Sketch of baby asleep in sleeping bag (note: back to this - sick baby napping on and off the breast for 3 hours)
Sketches of another sick baby day (turns out he's growing his first molar) - lots of sleeping, medicine, yoghurt, stinky poos, a walk in the park, and a random spreadsheet crisis averted
Sketches of life with teething baby: terrible night with sad sad baby - then I cry in the covered market - then things get better when we find a dalek in a bookshop
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And here's the whole alphabet - glad you enjoyed it - need to go and make more art now! #imaginaryAnimals#mythicalBeasts#animalAlphabet#kidlit

An illlustrated alphabet poster of imaginary animals, from A for Amphisbaena to Z for Zouyu, via Dragon, Roc and Unicorn
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Z is for Zouyu (last one!) - a white tiger with black spots and a vergetarian diet, that appears during the reign of a benevolent ruler (speculation on Wikipedia that this gentle spotty vegetarian cat may actually be an allusion to the giant panda) #zouyu#imaginaryAnimals#mythicalBeasts#kidlit

A drawing of a silver letter Z on which stands a tiger-like creature, white with black spots
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Toddler diaries from last Autumn: go to London, lose purse, get rained on, barely sleep... #kidlit#kidlitArt#babyDiaries#toddlerDiaries#sketchbook#sketchbookDiaries#parentingComics#parenting#dailySketchbook#soloMum#soloMumByChoice#smbc#soloParent#soloParentByChoice

Sketch of the toddler and my mum on the floor playing with a big pile of toys
Sketches of the great purse fiasco - about to get on a bus in London when I realise I've lost my purse - tip over pram while running back to playground (child ok), can't find it anywhere - my mum comes to the rescue and that evening I get an email from someone who has picked up the purse
Sketch of me pushing the pram through a horrifically rainy graveyard at dusk
Sketches of a disastrous night - baby keeps waking up, and I give him endless medicine and breastfeeds - eventually he sleeps at 4 am, at which point *I* can't sleep...
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Y is for Yale - a heraldic beast with spots and tusks and large horns, also known as a centicore. I first encountered one as a statue at Hampton Court (back when I was hoping to marry Henry VIII) #yale#centicore#mythicalBeasts#imaginaryAnimals#kidlit

A drawing of a dark blue letter Y, on which leans a yellow yale (a heraldic antelope-like beast with spots, tusks, and large horns)
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Toddler diaries from last Autumn: illness season very much at hand: but toddler takes a step and I have an almond croissant #kidlit#kidlitArt#babyDiaries#toddlerDiaries#sketchbook#sketchbookDiaries#parentingComics#parenting#dailySketchbook#soloMum#soloMumByChoice#smbc#soloParent

Sketches of me having a cold, dumping the toddler on the childminder and working from home looking out at the pouring rain. In better news, baby takes a step and I watch strictly.
Sketch of chocolate and almond croissant, cup of tea, and book (the Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin). Caption: I still have a cold, but mum has taken S. out to the farm - hooray!
Sketches of baby vomiting repeatedly and chewing my breasts. I eventually manage to find a clean shirt and a bit of breakfast, we watch Twirlywoos, and baby is much happier in the afternoon
Sketches of doing nothing much, i.e. dreaming about Suella Braverman, putting toddler in a tree, making beautiful lasagne (baby is suspicious), letting baby play with gravel and cigarette butts to get us out of the house
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X is fo Xiuhcōātl the turquoise serpent, an Aztec god of fire. The picture's partly based on the two-headed Aztec serpent at the British Museum. Nearly at the end of the alphabet! #xiuhcoatl#mythicalBeasts#imaginaryAnimals#kidlit

A drawing of a bronze X, through which climbs a turquoise serpent with a pointy tail, two front claws and a grinning mouth with sharp teeth
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Imogen Foxell
@imogenfoxell.bsky.social
Artist, author, lexicographer, solo parent Oxford, UK (she/her) www.imogenfoxell.com
150 followers263 following115 posts
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